KAFKA, FRANZ

FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo hardcover (G+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Secker and Warburg 1949

KEYWORDS: Franz Kafka 20th century short stories prose modern first UK edition

WILLIAMSON, MICHAEL Z

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PUBLISHER: Baen Publishing 2016

KEYWORDS: modern first edition scifi science fiction novels literature Michael Z Williamson Freehold series

TYNYANOV, YURY; RUSH, ANNA KURKINA & RUSH, CHRISTOPHER (transl)

FIRST EDITION. Super 8vo, xxi + 515 pp.; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; tan eps; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing; sl bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; minor tanning).

PUBLISHER: Angel Books 2007

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Yury Tynyanov historical fiction biography life lives Pushkin Russia Russian author literature 19th century

BERNEY, LOU

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. FIRST EDITION. Super 8vo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: William Morrow 2018

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Lou Berney 21st century fiction

MILLER, J P

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PUBLISHER: New English Library 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition 20th century fiction J P Miller

SLAUGHTER, TRACEY

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PUBLISHER: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2024

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Tracey Slaughter New Zealand poet poetry poems literature 21st century

PRATCHETT, TERRY

UK FIRST EDITION. Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 2011

KEYWORDS: first modern edition Terry Pratchett 21st century fantasy fiction

VAN VOGT, A E

FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo, 155 pp.; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning & foxing).,

PUBLISHER: New English Library 1975

KEYWORDS: modern first edition A E van Vogt 20th century science fiction

WOLFE , TOM

FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo, [6] + 153 pp.; brown heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning , foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate tanning & light foxing).

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1971

KEYWORDS: Tom Wolfe 20th century comedy humor humour modern first edition

MILLER, HENRY

FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo, 126 pp.; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Calder & Boyars 1970

KEYWORDS: Henry Miller 20th century literature modern first edition

LAFFERTY, R A

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 191 pp.; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Science Fiction Book Club 1970

KEYWORDS: modern first edition R A Lafferty 20th century science fiction

LOVECRAFT, H P; DERLETH, AUGUST (ed)

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, xi + 432 pp.; red heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; sl cracking to front gutters); in d/w, G+ (heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; lg open tears to spine extrems with archival tape reapir attempt; heavy tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1966

KEYWORDS: H P Lovecraft 20th century horror thriller fantasy fiction modern first edition

MATHESON, RICHARD

FIRST UK EDITION. IN SCARCE D/W. 8vo, [6] + 164 pp.; heavy black card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Max Reinhardt 1956

KEYWORDS: Richard Mathesson modern first edition 20th century science fiction fantasy

LYMINGTON, JOHN

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 224 pp.; maroon heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & tearing, tape repairs to upper spine extrem; moderate tanning & light foxing; price clipped tp front flap upper extem).

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1964

KEYWORDS: John Lymington modern first edition 20th century literature adventure

NAUDE, ADELE

FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED (TWICE). 8vo, 47 pp.; orange buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; author inscriptions to ffep & tp in blue ink; sl tearing to paper at gutters).

PUBLISHER: A. A. Balkema 1956

KEYWORDS: Adele Naude 20th century South African poetry poems literature modern first edition

MISHIMA, YUKIO; MARKS, ALFRED H (transl)

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, [4] + 188 pp.; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning. foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning).

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1970

KEYWORDS: Yukio Mishima Japan 20th century Japanese literature modern first edition

SILVERBERG, ROBERT

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 173 pp.; red heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; price clipped to front flap lower extrem; moderate tanning).

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1979

KEYWORDS: Robert Silverberg modern first edition 20th century fiction literature short stories

SHECKLEY, ROBERT

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, [8] + 216 pp.; red heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1966

KEYWORDS: Robert Sheckley modern first edition 20th century science fiction

DEIGHTON, LEN

FIRST EDITION. INCLUDES 'IN TRANSIT DOCKET.' 8vo, 254 pp.; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; 2cm tear to front cover with tape repairs; moderate to tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1967

KEYWORDS: Len Deighton modern first edition 20th century crime fiction espionage spy spies

JARRELL, RANDALL

FIRST EDITION. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. 8vo, 192 pp.; blue light card covers, front cover lettered in black, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing, fading & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, esp to spine extrems; spine lettered in black ink; heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1954

KEYWORDS: Randall Jarrell modern first edition 20th century poetry poems literature